New Chapters - how often/when do you start a new style phase?

Oh man, what a great question! I'm approaching a big chapter at the moment and it's excellent to read how everyone else transitions and sees their style.

early 20s - I kind of favored what I call "blend in" looks. After some shitty bullying in high school and college, I really wanted to blend in with the crowd and look perfectly appropriate for every moment. I kept a really close eye on what people were wearing at the bar/at class/at work etc and did that. My natural instinct is to make things more formal, so it didn't fully work, but I did my best.

late 20s - I started to branch out and indulge my urge for dressing up. I started to buy vintage or vintage-esque looks, I started to do my hair and makeup more retro style. Tried out retro casual wear and really liked it. At the same time, I started to travel more and wanted to look like I could fit in at the coolest coffee shop in every city, so I began trying out a more structured silhouette and playing with proportions and color.

early 30s/future me? - oof guys, i'm in an emotional place right now. I've been loving my style lately. I finally have a Look: Early 20th C Vintage meets western practicality. I have amazing vintage pieces and places to wear them, I have friends that like dressing up and going to fancy dinners or concerts, I can finally shop intentionally, etc etc etc. And just found out I'm pregnant. It's a positive, everything was planned, but it's thrown me for a loop. I can't fit into any of my beautiful pieces. I just packed up three boxes of impractical but deeply loved dresses/shoes/pants. All I can wear are yoga pants and I can barely look at myself in the mirror. The people I know who have gone through this all wear frilly pink floral stretch things that are wonderful for them but make me depressed to think about wearing myself. I don't want to lose my sense of identity or style (or clothes!) and I am looking at a future filled with lots of love but so little self expression. We are so excited, but I have this nagging feeling of loss and sadness too. I know it's just clothes. But still...I don't know what the future holds style-wise, and that's a pretty weird feeling

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